Make your voice heard at city-wide meetings on Richmond’s Master Plan, Richmond 300

Richmond 300 is the city’s Master Plan and in theory, will lay out the goals for the city and the roadmap for reaching those goals. A good bit of the plan will be based on this 62-page Insight’s Report that was released this month.

The first 10 pages of describe the purpose of a Master Plan and the process of creating Richmond 300. It also covers previous planning efforts going back to 2001. The rest of the report is data that plan crafters felt would be relevant in the creation of the plan.

One example of the data present in the report is this chart showing population changes in the city.

Richmond 300 is hosting seven identical meetings starting this Thursday to engage the public in the new Master Plan process. Please try attending one of the meeting or engage through email, phone, or in person meeting during office hours.

Richmond 300 Open House details are as follows:

• East End: Thurs. Sept. 20, 6 – 8:30 p.m., MLK Middle School, 1000 Mosby St.
• Downtown: Fri. Sept. 21, 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., City Hall Lobby, 900 E. Broad St.
• South Side: Sat. Sept. 22, 9:30 a.m. – noon, South Side Community Service Center, 4100 Hull St. Rd.
• Bellemeade: Tues. Sept. 25, 6 – 8:30 p.m., Bellemeade Community Center, 1800 Lynhaven Ave.
• North Side: Wed. Sept. 26, 6 – 8:30 p.m., Hotchkiss Community Center, 701 E. Brookland Park Blvd.
• Huguenot: Thurs. Sept. 27, 6 – 8:30 p.m., Huguenot High School, 7945 Forest Hill Ave.
• West End: Sat. Sept 29, 9:30 a.m. – noon, Thomas Jefferson High, 4100 W. Grace St.

Richmond 300 website with additional information: www.richmond300.com

If you can’t make the meetings sign up for Richmond 300 emails so you are notified when material is available online and/or follow on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram